THE CYCLOPID (CRUSTACEA, COPEPODA) FAUNA OF THE INLAND WATERS OF ISRAEL .1. FIRST DATA FROM SEMIARID AND ARID REGIONS

Authors
DEFAYE D DUSSART B
Citation
D. Defaye et B. Dussart, THE CYCLOPID (CRUSTACEA, COPEPODA) FAUNA OF THE INLAND WATERS OF ISRAEL .1. FIRST DATA FROM SEMIARID AND ARID REGIONS, Hydrobiologia, 310(1), 1995, pp. 1-10
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
310
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1995)310:1<1:TC(CFO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Until recently, the cyclopoid fauna of the arid and semi-arid regions of Israel was poorly known. The present paper reveals a relatively div ersified fauna from this area. Twelve species are recorded, including some cosmopolitans, some Palaearctic species and two of African origin . Mesocyclops kieferi Van de Velde, 1984 and Thermocyclops oblongatus (Sars, 1927) are new records for Israel. The taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical features of each species are discussed.